The Alternative Travel Project

Use the presentation below to complete the assignment that you picked up when you came into class.

The Alternative Travel Project Presentation

What is Air Pollution

Click on the link below to access the presentation on Air Pollution. Use it to help you complete the Air Pollution sheet that you have received/picked up in class (there is also a copy that you can .

What is Air Pollution Presentation

What is Air Pollution Question Sheet

Fossil Fuels Web Quest Questions

Click on the link to bring you to a website to help you answer your question.  Be sure to answer in complete sentences.

 

 

 

1)    What are fossil fuels? http://www.energy.gov/energysources/fossilfuels.htm

  

2)   How were fossil fuels formed?  

http://www.fossil.energy.gov/education/energylessons/coal/gen_howformed.html

  

3)    What are some benefits of fossil fuels? 

http://www3.iptv.org/exploremore/energy/profiles/fossil_fuels.cfm#ben

4)    What are some disadvantages of fossil fuels? 

http://www3.iptv.org/exploremore/energy/profiles/fossil_fuels.cfm#ben

5)  How do we get fossil fuels? 

 http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter08.html and

     

http://www.umich.edu/~gs265/society/fossilfuels.htm

6)    How do fossil fuels work to produce electricity?  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_fuel

7)    When was coal first used for energy? 

http://www.fossil.energy.gov/education/energylessons/coal/coal_history.html

8)    What percentage of energy comes from fossil fuels in the U.S.?

www.energy.gov/energysources/fossilfuels.htm  and   http://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/infosheets/renewableenergy.html

9.) What two countries consumed the most energy? Which two consume the least?

http://theenergycollective.com/matstc/228791/our-energy-use-numbers

10.) Where are fossil fuels found?

      http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter08.html

11.)What two countries consumed the most energy per person? Which two consume the least per person?  http://theenergycollective.com/matstc/228791/our-energy-use-numbers

12.) Where is most of the energy spent (be sure to explain the categories and their percents)?

http://theenergycollective.com/matstc/228791/our-energy-use-numbers

What is the relationship between energy consumption, population, and carbon emissions?

In case you missed it! below are links to the various websites that you need for this activity.

• Map of Energy Consumption Per Person, by Country, 2010

• CIA World Factbook: Country Comparison—Population

• United Nations Statistics Division: Environmental Indicators—Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The Lorax vs. Easter Island

Compare/Contrast the Lorax and The Mystery of Easter Island

Directions: Write an essay comparing the two where you answer each of the following questions.

1. How are Easter Island and the Lorax similar?Different?
2. What lead to the destruction of each environment?
3. What did they use the resources for?
4. What was the motivation for each individual destroying the environment?
5. What are the key environmental issues that are brought up with the movies?
6. How do these issues relate to the world today?